botflies
- plural of botfly.
Example Sentences
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And I was surprised by my reaction: the technology that produced it is amazing, and I’m the person who tries to one-up my editor with disgusting pictures of botflies in Slack.
From The Verge ● Aug. 14, 2018
It’s the botflies that probably get the biggest reaction from family members and new visitors, perhaps because of the truly bizarre nature of their life cycle.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2011
Someone told him that these were the famed deer botflies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Larvae of botflies were collected from mice in the autumn of 1962, placed in sand in containers, and kept over winter until they hatched.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.
The highest rate of infestation by botflies occurred in 1961, the year in which the population density of P. maniculatus was near its peak.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.
